Multimedia Search Result Stacks for Touch Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multimedia search result displays are limited in providing detailed access and navigation through search results, often presenting a list of hypertext links and images without intuitive methods to preview and select related multimedia entities effectively.
Innovation Solution
A method and device for displaying search results as stacks, allowing users to select and preview multimedia entities using touch screen gestures like 'pinch out' to expand and view additional criteria-related images, and 'pinch in' to return to previous screens, enabling intuitive navigation through search results on touch screen devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If search results are displayed as a simple list of hypertext links and images, then the display is simple and easy to implement, but the user cannot effectively preview and navigate through multimedia entities in detail
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments search results into distinct stacks, where each stack corresponds to a specific search criterion and contains multimedia entities grouped together. This segmentation allows users to navigate through organized groups rather than a flat list, improving preview capability while maintaining manageable complexity through structured organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension to the display by stacking multimedia entities vertically, transforming the traditional horizontal list into a multi-layered structure. This dimensional change enables users to preview multiple entities within the same visual space and navigate through stacks using gesture commands, enhancing information density and navigation efficiency.
2Loss of information
If multiple search criteria are displayed simultaneously with their corresponding stacks, then users can access detailed information about different criteria, but the interface becomes more complex and harder to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic navigation where stacks can be selectively expanded and collapsed based on user interaction. Users can tap on specific stacks to expand them and view detailed multimedia entities, or keep them collapsed to maintain a simplified overview. This dynamic behavior allows the interface to adapt between detailed and simplified views, preserving information accessibility while maintaining ease of operation.
3Loss of information
If users can expand stacks to preview multiple images, then detailed content preview is enabled, but the screen space required increases and may reduce overall display efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested structure where multimedia entities are contained within stacks, which themselves are contained within the main search results interface. When users expand a stack, the nested entities are revealed in a controlled manner within the existing screen framework. This nesting approach enables detailed content preview while maintaining efficient screen space utilization through hierarchical organization and selective expansion.
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AI summary
The method involves determining lists of multimedia entities, where each list of the multimedia entities is determined by search of the entities according to a criterion associated with the list. The multimedia entities are displayed on screens (SCR), where the screens comprise corresponding stacks of images each associated with the entity of the relevant list. The search of the entities is performed by a request identifying a remote site and comprising a keyword. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a computer program comprising a set of instructions for implementing a method for displaying multimedia entities (2) a device for displaying multimedia entities.